The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-26


woman as something to which all owe
duty-something which all good citizens
should support with their fortunes, their
sacred honor and their lives. Even the
little children, God bless them, early i'm
bibe the spirit of Honor to the Flag .
What son of ancestors who conceded for
supremacy with Cesar's legions in the
valley of the Seine. whose love for France,
the Beautiful is not strengthened by sight
of the Tri-color?
Where is the descendant of those who
followed the fortunes of the Great Freder-
lex whose pulse-beat is not quickened-
whose affection for the fatherland does not
wax warmer-when he looks upon the
national emblem of that great mOnarch's
successes, whose Goth birthday we all so
recently helped our German fellow citizens
to celebrate?
Which of US is not made glad by the
beautiful, the glorious Star Spangled Ban
ner-the flag of Washington and Lincoln?
Flag of the free, hope and home,
By angel hands tosvalor given;
Thy bright stars light the welkin dome
And all thy hues were born in heaven
Can we ever forget ''The Meteor Flag of
England" that foated over the 'thin red
lines" at Waterloo, whose shadow covered
British hearts of oak at land and sea, on
fields which are bounded by the earth
alone:
The flag that braved thousand years,
The battle and the breeze.
And within whose thousand years of glor-
H,rIt re
folds was ever wounded in the back.
Nor can any form of death induce the
stern, unyieIding Russian-whether Cos
sack-of -the-Don or man-o'-war' s-man from
the Volga or the Euxine-to turn his back
upon the banner OF the Czar-the double
headed eagle with broad wings, covering
an empire whose confines are the confines
of three oceans and two continents, whose
limits are the icebergs of the frozen seas,
and India burning sands.
Then why should we, the representatives
of all the races, feel less pride in the ma
tional standard of our adopted country than
those from whom we sprang? On the roll
of the Honolulu Rifles are lnen OF almost
every fair-sIinned race. We have in our
ranks men who have seen active service in
the armies of Russia, Austria, Germany,
England, the United States, Canada, and
the various Australian colonies. And if
we have not, amid the calls Of business
pursuits, been able to arrive al that degree
of military proficiency which characterizes
the armies to which some of rs have in
dividually belonged yet l assure Your
Majesty we have the spirit OF men who will
stand by each other and by our duty in
support of our c0untry's hag-the flag OF
Hawaii-which we accept with gratitude,
and with the promise that no conduct of
ours shall sul!y it or the nation which it
typifes
The company, after saluting Ills Maj
esty, was then dismissed, and after
d brief interval, dancing commenced to
the strains OF the Royal Hawaiian
String Band. The programme was as
follows: Waltz, lancers, schottische,
lancers, waltz, lancers, polka, waltz,
lancers, waltz, lancers, waltz. The Re-
ceRtion Committee was: Lieut.. w.
Unger, Chairman; Lieut.. Hebbard,
Privates w. A. Kinney, L. A ThurstOn,
H. G. Reid, Fl w. Morse and Geo 2.
Castle. Floor Comnittse Private Hugh
C.,.,..4 Cl.ey;.--rr.,.-, y Il pf74rvP
and Privates G. 7 Wnd4r, F. L. Winter
and j. A. Magoon. Dancing was kept
up with great spirit until 4 late hour.
The scene on the floor was a gay one.
the uniforms of the different companies
mingling with the varied toilets worn by
the ladies with pleasing effect. During
the interval refreshments of very palat-
able nature were served by the we'll
known caterer, Mr.. f. Horn. The Homo
lulu Rifles are to be congratulated upon
the great success attending the drill and
dance. The arrangements were perfect
in every respect.